Briefing Room

CHICAGO, IL – July 23, 2015 – Today Nufarm announced the availability of new Panther® SC herbicide. Panther SC is the first liquid formulation of flumioxazin available in the United States.
Panther SC is a broad-spectrum broadleaf herbicide option for corn, soybean, cotton and peanut growers. It provides excellent residual control of tough broadleaf weeds such as marestail, Palmer amaranth, kochia and waterhemp. Panther acts quickly on tough weeds and the new liquid formulation makes mixing and loading faster and easier....More

SHAKOPEE, Minn. (July 9, 2015) – Bayer CropScience today celebrated its continued commitment to leading the agriculture industry with the grand opening of its SeedGrowth Equipment Innovation Center, a $12 million, 135,000-square-foot facility situated on 11 acres of land in Shakopee. This center, focusing on the equipment design and manufacturing business promotes advanced research and development on seed treatment products, seed coatings, equipment and services to provide holistic agricultural solutions to customers around the world....More

ST. LOUIS (July 16, 2015) – A ribbon-cutting ceremony today in Filer, Idaho, marked the grand opening of Monsanto’s Wheat Technology Center, which will serve as the company’s core U.S. wheat breeding R&D facility and bring together people and processes to drive innovation in wheat breeding....More

WILMINGTON, Del., July 16, 2015 – Through the National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy (NATAA), DuPont has invited 48 of the nation’s finest agricultural science teachers to the company’s Chesapeake Farms in Chestertown, Md. Invited teachers learn new teaching techniques in order to elevate their students’ agriscience educational experience in classrooms....More

WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa – (July 15, 2015) – Fifty years after its humble beginning as a small welding shop, Kinze Manufacturing is reflecting on a half-century of innovation with a look back at how they have become a recognized technology leader and innovator of planters for row-crop production and grain auger carts. The company has also remained true to the core values it was originally founded upon in 1965 by Jon Kinzenbaw, including innovation, excellence, integrity, customer focus and mutual respect....More

Minneapolis, MN – July 15, 2015 – Vivid Life Sciences was recently formed to bring new plant physiology technologies from around the world to North American farmers. The company’s focus is on advanced nutritionals, biologicals and enhancement technologies that increase crop yields and improve farmers’ economic returns. The technologies promise to add value to row crops, specialty crops, vegetable and fruit crops....More

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 15, 2015) – ScoutPro announced the release of enhanced versions of the company’s grower applications today, including ScoutPro Grower – Corn and ScoutPro Grower – Soy.
The release of the significant software update will increase the functionality of the ScoutPro apps and will allow growers and agriculture professionals free access to the enhanced versions for one year....More

WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 14, 2015 — The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives announced today that it has joined Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, a multi-stakeholder initiative working to unite the agricultural supply chain in defining, measuring and advancing the sustainability of food, fiber and fuel production....More